#BDBCB8#BDBCB8

#BDBCB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.006 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB8
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(48, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -0.38, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 2.18, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0005 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.006 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6199, 50.2461, 52.5279)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB8 #B8B9BD

analogous

#BDB9B8 #BDBCB8 #BBBDB8

triadic

#BDBCB8 #B8BDBC #BCB8BD

tetradic

#BDBCB8 #B8BDB9 #B8B9BD #BDB8BB

square

#BDBCB8 #B8BDB9 #B8B9BD #BDB8BB

split-complementary

#BDBCB8 #B8BBBD #B9B8BD

monochromatic

#828079 #A09E98 #BDBCB8 #DADAD8 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB8

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB8	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.006 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cd',
    500: '#bdbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb8;
$custom-light: #d0d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 3.65,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79487,
    "c": 0.00568,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB8

secondary

#8A8B90

accent

#638D58

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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